Into The Vortex The Journey of a Young Rhodesian Boy from Childhood to Manhood
Author: Tom Fulton
Publisher: Fultonlink, Cape Town, South Africa
Edition: First 2015
ISBN: 978 0 7974 9715 3
Language: English
Condition: Very good. Clean copy with tight binding
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 450. Signed
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As reviewed by Eeben Barlow
"I count myself fortunate that I was able to lay my hands on a copy of Tom Fultons book Into the Vortex. Despite the many books written about the wars and conflicts in Southern Africa, this book stands on its own.
Perhaps it was inquisitiveness or perhaps I was trying to relive the days of growing up in a slow-boiling Africa through Toms eyes, or perhaps both. Regardless, Toms book did not disappoint me.
The book is a vivid and exciting glimpse into days long gonedays when boys were boys and were forced through circumstance, challenges and conflicting politics to grow up and stand tall as both men and soldiers called on to fight a dirty war.
Tom takes the reader into his home as a young boy growing up in a sometimes difficult home, but there is no pity as that was how it wasinstead he uses his humour to lighten the situations he and his brother frequently found themselves in.
His entry into the Rhodesian Army and the subsequent humour and oftentimes sorrow that followed is well written and intense.
Commissioned as an officer in the Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR), he goes on to discuss the bonds made and shared as only men under fire can do. Readers who are unfamiliar with Africa and the closeness of black and white men at war will do well to take note of the respect they had for one another.
The scenes of combat are well and intensely described along with the tension before triggers are pulled and the exhilaration of success and survival. At times, the fast pace of combat is softened with humour and the aftermath of a deployment where young men go about their social livessocial lives that were enjoyed to the maximum.
Toms easy style of writing brings to life many sad and traumatic events, yet there is no trace of victimhoodthe mark of a man and a soldier with character.
As clichéd as it might be, this book will stand on its own as a Rhodesian classic.
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